Much like sex, the internet is a microcosm of the spectrum of human emotion. In a medium where sharing is the rule, some seek unity and connection while others nurture lonely wounds in a vacuous space of anonymity. Back in the pre-blogging days of 1998,

provided a risk-free space for anybody who carried around the memory of their first sexual encounter and wanted to store it on a collective shelf to garner recognition. It scored immediately as more than 40,000 individuals shared stories of their first angst-ridden or hilariously awkward or sad and criminally disturbing sexual encounters.

My First Time, the play, seeks to bring that interactive virtual world into the theatrical space, without removing the mix of simultaneous voyeurism and anonymity that made the website a hit. The audience is asked to fill out anonymous questionnaires about their first times and responses are tallied and posted on a screen in the background as actors recount a selection of diverse tales pulled from the site in an effort to shed light on the varied universal emotions tied to sexuality.